Karl Hermann Konrad (Hermann) Burmeister
1807–92
German zoologist, ethnographer, and geologist. Published extensively on entomology. Professor of zoology, University of Halle, 1837–61. Travelled in Brazil, 1850–2; Argentina, 1857–60. Director of the Museo Nacional in Buenos Aires, 1861–80.
Sources
Berg 1895, NBU
Sarjeant 1980–96.
Bibliography
Berg, Carlos. 1895. Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister. Reseña Biográfica. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 2d ser. 1: 316–57.
NBU: Nouvelle biographie universelle depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours, avec les renseignements bibliographiques et l’indication des sources a consulter. Edited by Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer. 46 vols. in 23. Paris: Firmin Didot Frères. 1852–66.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
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